Giles Herdale
@herdaleg.bsky.social
Online harms, VAWG, data ethics, digital investigation and intelligence
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The number of police officers in neighbourhood policing in England and Wales has been adjusted downwards by 21% after a 'data validation exercise'. www.gov.uk/government/n... #policeworkforce
March 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The number of police officers in neighbourhood policing in England and Wales has been adjusted downwards by 21% after a 'data validation exercise'. www.gov.uk/government/n... #policeworkforce
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Our Chair Ian Russell has said that “further government dither and delay before improving digital protection is unacceptable”. He said “the life-threatening gaps in the Online Safety Act need to be fixed now”.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/new-...
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/new-...
New Ofcom powers for online safety come into force as charities warn of 'major gaps' in legislation
Technology firms must tackle illegal content on their platforms under new rules, but there are concerns that the changes are too weak.
www.lbc.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Our Chair Ian Russell has said that “further government dither and delay before improving digital protection is unacceptable”. He said “the life-threatening gaps in the Online Safety Act need to be fixed now”.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/new-...
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/new-...
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It's a big day* for #onlinesafety ... our newsletter is out! Rounding up all the recent news, research and commentary and much, much more including all our latest publications and news
* Oh, and the #onlinesafetyact has also come into force ... 1/2 us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504...
* Oh, and the #onlinesafetyact has also come into force ... 1/2 us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504...
March 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It's a big day* for #onlinesafety ... our newsletter is out! Rounding up all the recent news, research and commentary and much, much more including all our latest publications and news
* Oh, and the #onlinesafetyact has also come into force ... 1/2 us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504...
* Oh, and the #onlinesafetyact has also come into force ... 1/2 us4.campaign-archive.com?u=8569c2a504...
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Excellent 🧵 @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social explainer on immersive technologies which identifies four types of immersive technologies:
1️⃣ augmented reality
2️⃣ mixed reality
3️⃣ virtual reality
4️⃣ immersive virtual worlds
Highlights their incremental use of data/sensors & associated regulatory questions
1️⃣ augmented reality
2️⃣ mixed reality
3️⃣ virtual reality
4️⃣ immersive virtual worlds
Highlights their incremental use of data/sensors & associated regulatory questions
March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Excellent 🧵 @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social explainer on immersive technologies which identifies four types of immersive technologies:
1️⃣ augmented reality
2️⃣ mixed reality
3️⃣ virtual reality
4️⃣ immersive virtual worlds
Highlights their incremental use of data/sensors & associated regulatory questions
1️⃣ augmented reality
2️⃣ mixed reality
3️⃣ virtual reality
4️⃣ immersive virtual worlds
Highlights their incremental use of data/sensors & associated regulatory questions
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Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
October 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Mary Burchell remains one of the most successful romance writers, ever. Over 110 Mills and Boon books to her name.
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
Less well known is that much of her early writing was done for one purpose:
Funding her efforts to get Jews out of Nazi Germany, with her sister.
Mary is a Righteous Gentile. /1 🧵
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📣 Check out all the latest #onlinesafetyact developments, including last week's Parliamentary debates (and arguments), in the latest edition of our newsletter. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/f518fb48b771...
March 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📣 Check out all the latest #onlinesafetyact developments, including last week's Parliamentary debates (and arguments), in the latest edition of our newsletter. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/f518fb48b771...
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Palaces are always better than Villas. It’s a matter of scale.
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Palaces are always better than Villas. It’s a matter of scale.
Good to see @ofcom.bsky.social #VAWG guidance is finally out.
It is advisory only.
It covers important harms affecting women & girls:
- misogynistic content online
- domestic abuse
- online harassment
- intimate image-abuse
Look forward to @osanetwork.bsky.social session on Thurs. #onlinesafety
It is advisory only.
It covers important harms affecting women & girls:
- misogynistic content online
- domestic abuse
- online harassment
- intimate image-abuse
Look forward to @osanetwork.bsky.social session on Thurs. #onlinesafety
📢 We're calling on tech companies to make the online world safer for women and girls.
Our draft guidance - shaped by victims, survivors and safety experts - outlines key areas where platforms should do more.
➡️ Read more: www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Our draft guidance - shaped by victims, survivors and safety experts - outlines key areas where platforms should do more.
➡️ Read more: www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
February 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good to see @ofcom.bsky.social #VAWG guidance is finally out.
It is advisory only.
It covers important harms affecting women & girls:
- misogynistic content online
- domestic abuse
- online harassment
- intimate image-abuse
Look forward to @osanetwork.bsky.social session on Thurs. #onlinesafety
It is advisory only.
It covers important harms affecting women & girls:
- misogynistic content online
- domestic abuse
- online harassment
- intimate image-abuse
Look forward to @osanetwork.bsky.social session on Thurs. #onlinesafety
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📺After participating in the Munich Security Conference, RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus shares her key takeaways from a consequential weekend of geopolitics.
RUSI Reflects: Key Takeaways from the Munich Security Conference
After participating in the Munich Security Conference, RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus shares her key takeaways from a consequential weekend of geopolitics.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📺After participating in the Munich Security Conference, RUSI's Director-General Rachel Ellehuus shares her key takeaways from a consequential weekend of geopolitics.
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It's that time again: our fortnightly newsletter is out! If you've not received it directly, have a read here ... and then be sure to sign up for next time. 🤓 👇 #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #socialmedia #internetregulation #AI mailchi.mp/20f28aec78b8...
February 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It's that time again: our fortnightly newsletter is out! If you've not received it directly, have a read here ... and then be sure to sign up for next time. 🤓 👇 #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #socialmedia #internetregulation #AI mailchi.mp/20f28aec78b8...
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Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...
Faking It - The impact of Deepfake Pornography
YouTube video by Bellingcat
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Investigative reporter, Patrizia Schlosser (STRG-F) is one of many victims of non-consensual pornographic deepfakes. Now, Bellingcat and STRG-F are investigating the AI porn website disseminating this material. www.youtube.com/shorts/TK6sf...
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If you missed it, here is our first blog which focuses on Prevention for children and young people, highlighting the critical need for targeted interventions whilst recognising the increased threat in the online world. www.crestadvisory.com/post/vawg-se...
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Halving it Through Prevention
PerspectivesSamantha Cunningham, Executive Director (Strategy) | Callyane Desroches, Head of Policy and Strategy | Rosie Margolis, Senior Analyst | Anousha Karim, Junior AnalystFriday 24 January 2025I...
www.crestadvisory.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you missed it, here is our first blog which focuses on Prevention for children and young people, highlighting the critical need for targeted interventions whilst recognising the increased threat in the online world. www.crestadvisory.com/post/vawg-se...
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📝Blog 2 in our series is here! To deliver on the Government’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls, we call for a stronger and more effective protection of women and girls
Read here: www.crestadvisory.com/post/violenc...
Read here: www.crestadvisory.com/post/violenc...
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Halving it Through Protection
PerspectivesSamantha Cunningham, Executive Director (Strategy) | Callyane Desroches, Head of Policy and Strategy | Rosie Margolis, Senior Analyst | Anousha Karim, Junior AnalystMonday 27 January 2025I...
www.crestadvisory.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📝Blog 2 in our series is here! To deliver on the Government’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls, we call for a stronger and more effective protection of women and girls
Read here: www.crestadvisory.com/post/violenc...
Read here: www.crestadvisory.com/post/violenc...
Must read for anyone remotely interested in #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #VAWG #childsafety #misinformation #AI #techregulation
📣 The new edition of our fortnightly #OnlineSafety newsletter hit inboxes this morning. It's fair to say it's been a busy start to the year ...👇 #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms mailchi.mp/bffdd1de81e9...
January 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Must read for anyone remotely interested in #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms #VAWG #childsafety #misinformation #AI #techregulation
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We've published our response - co-signed by 23 organisations & experts from our network - on the @ofcom.bsky.social #onlinesafetyact #illegalharms codes. Do read it to understand the depth of feeling across civil society about the regulator's approach. ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/sta...
Statement on Ofcom's Illegal Harms Code of Practice
Statement from the Online Safety Act Network in response to Ofcom's final Illegal Harms Codes of Practice
www.onlinesafetyact.net
January 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We've published our response - co-signed by 23 organisations & experts from our network - on the @ofcom.bsky.social #onlinesafetyact #illegalharms codes. Do read it to understand the depth of feeling across civil society about the regulator's approach. ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/sta...
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Provisional police funding for forces in England and Wales was released this morning:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
December 17, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Provisional police funding for forces in England and Wales was released this morning:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
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Operation Destabilise is the most stunning example yet of crypto's great use-case, which is to move value between countries outside any controls against money laundering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Russian crypto criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash
UK drug gangs paid Russian criminals to swap their dirty street cash for untraceable crypto currency, police say.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Operation Destabilise is the most stunning example yet of crypto's great use-case, which is to move value between countries outside any controls against money laundering.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨Following the news that the @nca-uk.bsky.social has uncovered a multi-billion-dollar Russian money laundering network, RUSI's @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social provides her analysis below.
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
🚨Following the news that the @nca-uk.bsky.social has uncovered a multi-billion-dollar Russian money laundering network, RUSI's @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social provides her analysis below.
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The NCA have busted a multi-billion dollar money laundering network in the UK. The grouo facilitated the exchange of cash to crypto on a massive scale. The networks also funded state-linked activities including espionage and disinformation. www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operati...
Operation Destabilise: NCA disrupts $multi-billion Russian money laundering networks with links to, drugs, ransomware and espionage, resulting in 84 arrests
An international NCA-led investigation - Operation Destabilise - has exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime around the world: spanning from the ...
www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk
December 4, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The NCA have busted a multi-billion dollar money laundering network in the UK. The grouo facilitated the exchange of cash to crypto on a massive scale. The networks also funded state-linked activities including espionage and disinformation. www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operati...
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This from the cover of German Vogue
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 AM
This from the cover of German Vogue
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I couldn't help myself sorry
November 25, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I couldn't help myself sorry
Pleased to be supporting @techuk colleagues on #whiteribbonday to highlight the gaps and improvements needed for survivors of #techabuse #VAWG #onlineharms #cybercrime #OnlineSafetyAct
www.techuk.org/resource/ref...
www.techuk.org/resource/ref...
Reflections on the survivors’ journey: Bridging the gaps
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, techUK’s Justice and Emergency Services Programme hosted a panel with experts from various sectors who shared their thought...
www.techuk.org
November 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Pleased to be supporting @techuk colleagues on #whiteribbonday to highlight the gaps and improvements needed for survivors of #techabuse #VAWG #onlineharms #cybercrime #OnlineSafetyAct
www.techuk.org/resource/ref...
www.techuk.org/resource/ref...
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Our latest #OnlineSafety newsletter is now out covering reaction to #DSIT's strategic priorities for @ofcom.bsky.social, the latest Parliamentary debates on #NCII abuse, & much more.
You can read it below - but don't forget to sign up to receive it directly next time! 😉 mailchi.mp/05aef7e27564...
You can read it below - but don't forget to sign up to receive it directly next time! 😉 mailchi.mp/05aef7e27564...
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Our latest #OnlineSafety newsletter is now out covering reaction to #DSIT's strategic priorities for @ofcom.bsky.social, the latest Parliamentary debates on #NCII abuse, & much more.
You can read it below - but don't forget to sign up to receive it directly next time! 😉 mailchi.mp/05aef7e27564...
You can read it below - but don't forget to sign up to receive it directly next time! 😉 mailchi.mp/05aef7e27564...
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One woman every 10 minutes is killed.
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year.
60% of those murders were committed by someone they knew.
If this was a disease or virus, there’d be global action to end it. There is #noexcuse
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year.
60% of those murders were committed by someone they knew.
If this was a disease or virus, there’d be global action to end it. There is #noexcuse
November 25, 2024 at 12:22 PM
One woman every 10 minutes is killed.
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year.
60% of those murders were committed by someone they knew.
If this was a disease or virus, there’d be global action to end it. There is #noexcuse
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally last year.
60% of those murders were committed by someone they knew.
If this was a disease or virus, there’d be global action to end it. There is #noexcuse